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1902: Dissent on campus among the students over the college's rigid military discipline and overcrowding in the barracks, among other things, leads to in-fighting between the student body and faculty, some of whom, it becomes obvious, are hated by the cadets. Senior James Lynah ill-advisedly steals a turkey from the yard of history professor W.S. Morrison and his graduation is held up. The senior class petitions the faculty to let him graduate. The senate cannot muster the three-fourths majority required to expell Lynah during its January 22-January 23 meeting, but suspends the cadet indefinitely. The secret proceedings of the meeting become known to the students within the day, revealing that at least one faculty member, sympathetic to the students, leaked the debate. An outraged President Henry Simms Hartzog calls a special meeting of the professors and denounces the "eavesdroppers or traitors in the Faculty" and describes "the condition of affairs" as "annoying, serious, and disgraceful." Eventually, Lynah is allowed to graduate, and becomes a loyal alumnus.
1964: Georgia Tech withdraws from the Southeastern Conference.
1971: The Tiger Belles, "a group of 27 spirited coeds" who serve as sports "hostesses", is founded by basketball Coach Tates Locke, borrowing an idea from Miami (Ohio) University. The first year's crop will be appointed after try-outs and interviews beginning in the fall. The Chronicle sees print for distribution, using materials salvaged from the censored/destroyed edition.
Late January, 1971: Long-time Clemson restauranteur Dan Gentry passes away after a few month's illness. The restaurant that he opened in 1952 across the Old Greenville Highway from the town post office carries on for about two more years, but eventually it closes - but not before appearing in the background of an early scene in the Burt Lancaster movie The Midnight Man in 1973.
1972: WSBF switches formats from Top 40 to Progressive, following a telephone poll of listeners in the fall which indicated the audience was receptive to the change. Programming director Woody Culp oversees the swap.
1979: Former Physical Plant employees found guilty in Pickens County General Sessions Court and sentenced: two receive two-year terms, one receives a four-year term, and one receives two years probation.
1980: R.L. Bryan Company in Columbia refuses to print The Chronicle unless a nude photo is removed from the layout.
1993: The Clemson World publishes article on the history of the Tiger mascot by C. Mark Sublette in the Winter 1993 issue, Volume 46, Number 1, pages 12-17.
2003: The Cheap Seats Bus is built, and a new Clemson tradition begins.
2005: Jimmy Howard remodels the Sloan Street Tap-Room, removing the drop ceilings, revising the ductwork, and really opening up the place. Kathleen Richardson becomes director of the School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE) and Martine Laberge takes over as head of the Department of Bioengineering.